Do low-carbon-emission diets lead to higher nutritional quality and positive health outcomes? A systematic review of the literature

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 2654-2661

  Payne, Charlotte Lr ^a   Scarborough, Peter ^a   Cobiac, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary quality; Greenhouse gas emissions; Health outcomes; Healthy diets; Sustainable diets

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANIMAL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84961205834     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016000495     Document Type: Review

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